Protection of cash dealers, reporting entities etc.
7 Protection of cash dealers, reporting entities etc.
A proceeding does not lie against:
an entity in relation to anything done by the entity:
that was required under this Act; or
in the mistaken belief that it was required under this Act; or
(b) an officer, employee or agent of an entity in relation to anything done by the person in the course of the person's appointment, employment or agency:
that was required under this Act; or
in the mistaken belief that it was required under this Act.
(2) If an entity, or a person who is an officer, employee or agent of an entity, communicates or gives information or produces documents under a prescribed provision, the entity or person is taken, for sections 231B and 231C of the Criminal Code, not to have been in possession of the information at any time.
In this section:
entity means a cash dealer or a reporting entity.
prescribed provision means:
section 5, 5A, 6 or 6A; or
section 16 of the FTR Act; or
section 41, 43 or 45 of the AMLCTF Act.
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